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republicans holding the debt ceiling hostage wrong. democrats doing the same thing, not wrong. not close. you can't say republicans aren't reading the will of the people in election when the people kept them in charge of the house in the same election. election have consequences, of course. perhaps hiking taxes on the rich is up with of them. but that does not mean we don't do a lick about our debt. not getting a handle on spending wasn't one of them. hearing only one side don't make you a journalist but doing so to ignore the other side makes you charyl top. charlatan. go after the goose, go after the gander. what is a gander? do you know? be fair, balanceed. both sides. have at it. >> dana: hello, i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, andrea tantaros. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: earlier today, president obama held the final press conference of his first term in the east room of the white house. the main attraction, our old friend the debt ceiling. they could default on the debt, unless the debt ceiling is raise
republicans holding the debt ceiling hostage wrong. democrats doing the same thing, not wrong. not close. you can't say republicans aren't reading the will of the people in election when the people kept them in charge of the house in the same election. election have consequences, of course. perhaps hiking taxes on the rich is up with of them. but that does not mean we don't do a lick about our debt. not getting a handle on spending wasn't one of them. hearing only one side don't make you a...
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debt ceiling, dom congressional democrats say the president does not need to go through congress at all. you can imagine how that is sitting with congress and republicans. the state of business in america. we will find out where we are from the u.s. chamber of commerce president tom donahue. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: it's confirmed. cyclist lance armstrong will sit down with oprah and it could be confess about the doping scandal. that is later this month. in the meantime, there are serious allegations out today about whether or not armstrong tried to intimidate people investigating the doping allegation. the ceo of the u.s. anti-doping agency talking to scott pellier in interview. >> was lance armstrong involved in intimidating the other rider tos keep them quiet? >> he was. it was tough. all the witnesses were scared. of the repercussions of them simply telling the truth. >> what could lance armstrong do to them? >> incinerate them. >> kimberly: wow! he has superpowers? then what
debt ceiling, dom congressional democrats say the president does not need to go through congress at all. you can imagine how that is sitting with congress and republicans. the state of business in america. we will find out where we are from the u.s. chamber of commerce president tom donahue. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: it's confirmed. cyclist lance armstrong will...
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what he said, he's going to allow the moderates to join the democrats to let the debt ceiling rise. what's going to happen, same thing that happens all the time, reasonable republicans, combined with democrats and override these right wing nuts. >> okay. >> i got to get -- can i get dana in here? >> i could be completely wrong. medicare part b may have been attached somehow to one of these fights. also funding the iraq war. democrats both times to some of these funding fights. and i want to -- after dana, i definitely want to talk -- >> go ahead. >> so ted cruz is in the middle of this, dana, and he's in the middle of the republican party. there was a closed door meeting yesterday, some members of congress, according to "the new york times," had some harsh words. but cruz is insisting he's not backing down. he blamed this entire thing on harry reid. >> we are in a shutdown because president obama and the majority leader of this body want a shutdown. because they believe it is in the partisan interest of their party to have a shutdown. >> how does a guy like this -- >> you think that
what he said, he's going to allow the moderates to join the democrats to let the debt ceiling rise. what's going to happen, same thing that happens all the time, reasonable republicans, combined with democrats and override these right wing nuts. >> okay. >> i got to get -- can i get dana in here? >> i could be completely wrong. medicare part b may have been attached somehow to one of these fights. also funding the iraq war. democrats both times to some of these funding fights....
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coming up, i will fight with a famous democrat who says what the singer says. >> raise the debt ceiling. of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. .aise the debt ceiling. . john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people how much we spend per person every year. most agree that america has a spending problem. then ask a with a cat. >> you can't get health care. >> what should we cut? price social security cards and not sure what else you can get. >> a great deal on the military, medical care. john: that should be cut? >> that's a hard question. john: you can't answer it. >> absolutely not. john: a few people have suggestions with tells me in the san the the point of all those democrats to say just raise the debt ceiling. one of those is the rilliant bob beckel. brilliant because you fight with people every day and often w
coming up, i will fight with a famous democrat who says what the singer says. >> raise the debt ceiling. of raise the debt ceiling. raise the debt ceiling. .aise the debt ceiling. . john: it's hard to give my brain around it. it helps to look at the debt over time. for 150 years america had almost no debt. it rose during world wars, came down after world war ii, but then starting around 1980 exploded. and is gone straight up in this is unsustainable. outside this building. i show people...
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the debt ceiling be automatically raised in any sort of deal. republicans said, no, we're not going to agree to that. we think we should live more within our means and there are more spending cuts to be made. before we run out of time, we have to show this clip from last night. the whole reason we're talking about this in the first place, we haven't gotten to it is obamacare. it's been a week since the website has been up. it's not going swimmingly. u "usa today" called it incompetent. secretary of health and human services, kathleen sebelius did something brave last night and went on the jon stewart show. she got quite a grilling. >> how many have signed up thus far? >> fully enrolled. i can't tell you because i don't know. i can tell you we've had not only lots of web hits, hundreds of thousands of accounts created. >> hundreds of thousands of people have signed up. >> of accounts created. >> okay. there was not only that issue, the glitches, she also had to admit if you go on the website and it doesn't work, it's okay because then you can jus
the debt ceiling be automatically raised in any sort of deal. republicans said, no, we're not going to agree to that. we think we should live more within our means and there are more spending cuts to be made. before we run out of time, we have to show this clip from last night. the whole reason we're talking about this in the first place, we haven't gotten to it is obamacare. it's been a week since the website has been up. it's not going swimmingly. u "usa today" called it...
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democrats are not dumb enough to use the debt ceiling as leverage. the question of whether they get an agreement on the budget this time call me crazy i think this time they're going to get it. >> eric, do the democrats know now they can win at a game of chicken? >> they won because the republicans made it about obama care. it was already done. they didn't have the votes. they made it about that and probably shouldn't have done that. i agree with bob, there's still cards in their hand they can play. you can have a debt ceiling and going to have to continually fund the government until you get a budget both sides agree on. president barack obama is responsible for $17 trillion worth of debt. that's george washington up until george bush. insane when he wasn't president. now he's breathing a sigh of relief he has the new debt ceiling. he's the one that jacked up the deficit four times from the bush level up to $1.4 trillion. bob will say part is bush. maybe. he kept it four years. it's still way above voice levels. i don't know how the man can say i've
democrats are not dumb enough to use the debt ceiling as leverage. the question of whether they get an agreement on the budget this time call me crazy i think this time they're going to get it. >> eric, do the democrats know now they can win at a game of chicken? >> they won because the republicans made it about obama care. it was already done. they didn't have the votes. they made it about that and probably shouldn't have done that. i agree with bob, there's still cards in their...
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raise the debt ceiling, and one of those is the brilliant bob beckel. i say he's brilliant because you fight with four people on "the five" every day and often win all by yourself. but you're not worried about the $17 trillion? >> john, you know, i like you a lot and every time i hear you talk about this and that fear and pain on your face, i worry about you. the answer to your question is no, i'm not, because for the following reasons. yes, it has skyrocketed and why has it skyrocketed? simple reason which is defense spending and entitlement spending. that's the reason it's gone up. the rest of the budget is relatively insignificant. what is significant -- >> well, 20 -- 30% is left out for that. but it's not nothing. >> but you have to take into account the interest on the national debt. >> you're right. defense and entitlements are the biggies. >> that's right. and the interest on the national debt which is almost $300 billion. >> right. >> at some point, when i say the debt doesn't matter, what is it about the debt that bothered you personally? not
raise the debt ceiling, and one of those is the brilliant bob beckel. i say he's brilliant because you fight with four people on "the five" every day and often win all by yourself. but you're not worried about the $17 trillion? >> john, you know, i like you a lot and every time i hear you talk about this and that fear and pain on your face, i worry about you. the answer to your question is no, i'm not, because for the following reasons. yes, it has skyrocketed and why has it...
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ceiling and let's talk about having a real serious conference which the democrats have asked for for 166 day and the republicans have refused. >> i agree with you if you stop now and say, this is it! well, the republicans lost. you're right. they did, they lost this round. unless you turn it around and say, okay, we put up the fight, we fought the good fight. now it's your turn. take a look, let's look at it in a year. a year from now we're going to be going into t mid term elections. if it's working, they'll lose any way. >> why go through shutting the government down? >> because this is lookly going to happen, health premiums are are going up. young men won't sign up because it will be cheaper to take the $95 penalty not to sign up. premiums are going to xmoexplod and the whole system will collapse on itself. then you go into 2014 and go, we told you. >> not to mention health care standards basically decline so much that only the very wealthy are able to pay out of pocket for all the great care and surgeries and things like that. >> that's pretty true now. >> i just want to throw i
ceiling and let's talk about having a real serious conference which the democrats have asked for for 166 day and the republicans have refused. >> i agree with you if you stop now and say, this is it! well, the republicans lost. you're right. they did, they lost this round. unless you turn it around and say, okay, we put up the fight, we fought the good fight. now it's your turn. take a look, let's look at it in a year. a year from now we're going to be going into t mid term elections. if...
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fund the government through december 15th and allow us to pay and raise our debt ceiling to run out somewhere around february 7th of 2014. that's about it. they took the medical tax issues out of the offer. they've really given the democrats just about everything they want because the democrats want to have their debt the exact same day. february 7th, 2014. they want to fund the government another two weeks. so the difference here is two weeks. the democrats added this whole idea of giving the labor unions a carve-out, which sounds to me like they'll push, they'll pull that back and then they have themselves the deal. but the problem is the gop guys, you've got their deal. you just handed them the deal that they wanted in the very beginning with the exception of the vetter amendment, which everyone in congress knows they can just buy their way out of that deal. >> i thought it was january 15th, february 15th. >> december 15th -- the gop plans -- >> the earlier one did say -- i didn't hear former speaker pelosi say that she would vote is if this is your plan, you're going to have to deliver al
fund the government through december 15th and allow us to pay and raise our debt ceiling to run out somewhere around february 7th of 2014. that's about it. they took the medical tax issues out of the offer. they've really given the democrats just about everything they want because the democrats want to have their debt the exact same day. february 7th, 2014. they want to fund the government another two weeks. so the difference here is two weeks. the democrats added this whole idea of giving the...
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if he goes -- this this goes into the debt ceiling, which i think it will and there is somei sort of, you know, maneuvering going back and forth, this ising going to turn into a democratic nightmare. >> you're basing that on somenig right wing republican and "wall street journal" report? >> president obama's government that can't work. " no, it has nothing to do with that. >> high ranking white housera official --use >> oo. >> unless you think they made il up. >> i don't think they made ital up. d one administration source?. h ranking administration official said this is work towards them. let's go to david plouffe. he says he thinks they gave way too much in 2011 and the only way this would be resolved is when the republicans relent. that is pretty much the strategy that we're seeing. is >> that's true. >> dana, earlier in the week,r bob woodward, said exactly that. the longer this goes on, it will fall directly on the president'a shoulders and i do think the first couple days they were winning the debate. but this is slowly backfiring. the more information that comes out shows repub
if he goes -- this this goes into the debt ceiling, which i think it will and there is somei sort of, you know, maneuvering going back and forth, this ising going to turn into a democratic nightmare. >> you're basing that on somenig right wing republican and "wall street journal" report? >> president obama's government that can't work. " no, it has nothing to do with that. >> high ranking white housera official --use >> oo. >> unless you think they...
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here it is, you're going to have a deal, it's going to lift the debt ceiling. probably a little longer. the way you talk about taxes, tax reform is something the democrats need. i think you'll find they want to go into those negotiations. >> that's a huge bill to move. >> they'll do it in pieces. i don't think they'll do it all at one time. the entitlement piece is something that will get done. everybody's sort of ignored the fact that obama said to change the formulation for social security, which saves hundreds of billions of dollars. if i were the republicans, i'd grab that one right away. obama held firm and it was a good thing he did and politically he came out of this thing in very good shape. >> you would concede we're a long way away from 2014, and one of the -- >> oh, yes. >> okay, we're in this predicament now, republicans. i think people have short-term memories. i don't think this is going to matter very much. i don't think you'll be smiling for long. >> no, listen, this campaign business, i buy into -- dana made this point. the senate for the democ
here it is, you're going to have a deal, it's going to lift the debt ceiling. probably a little longer. the way you talk about taxes, tax reform is something the democrats need. i think you'll find they want to go into those negotiations. >> that's a huge bill to move. >> they'll do it in pieces. i don't think they'll do it all at one time. the entitlement piece is something that will get done. everybody's sort of ignored the fact that obama said to change the formulation for social...
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he came to president barack obama and said okay, i'll raise the debt ceiling for a short period of time. president barack obama and white house aids have been on record saying they want a clean korean debt ceiling. john boehner is saying i may give you half of that. i think after the president has lecture sod much the american people, the consequences of defaulting on the debt, there's no way he can back off. harry reid showed up you angry because he's taking heat, been the most stubborn. it will be interesting do see if obama will shelve him. boehner should keep the government closed like he said he was going to and link the irs in taking their about to enforce the the obama care mandate out of their hands and make the bargaining chip. >> the world is seeing house republicans put together a bill that gives obama what he wants. he wants another trillion in the government checkbooks. he's got exactly what we wants. why can't he make a deal? >> there will be a deal in 48 hour, maybe less or few hours more. it's in the mix. senator collins a republican is now maine saying she's been tasked
he came to president barack obama and said okay, i'll raise the debt ceiling for a short period of time. president barack obama and white house aids have been on record saying they want a clean korean debt ceiling. john boehner is saying i may give you half of that. i think after the president has lecture sod much the american people, the consequences of defaulting on the debt, there's no way he can back off. harry reid showed up you angry because he's taking heat, been the most stubborn. it...
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it would basically extend the debt ceiling until february 15th. they would reopen the government until january 15th. and then they would have broader budget talks that would sort of have an expiration date, to try to have some other bigger budget deal before the holidays. the key here, it may be able to get through the senate but can it get through the house? conservatives are saying there's no changes to the president's health care law, there's not spending cuts. the pushback is this will happen in the broader budget talks in late november. obviously we've heard that before with the super committee of a couple years ago that ended up not following through on deficit reduction and whatnot. so that conversation is going to continue, as you say, senator mcconnell now will be briefing senate republicans early tomorrow, 11:00 a.m., eastern time. look, the clock is ticking. we're just three days away from the government not being able to have the power to borrow more money. in the senate, as you know, it can take three or four days to push all of this
it would basically extend the debt ceiling until february 15th. they would reopen the government until january 15th. and then they would have broader budget talks that would sort of have an expiration date, to try to have some other bigger budget deal before the holidays. the key here, it may be able to get through the senate but can it get through the house? conservatives are saying there's no changes to the president's health care law, there's not spending cuts. the pushback is this will...
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democrats said we are not going to negotiate on that. nancy pelosi and harry reid came out a few minutes later and all too happy to take questions and linger and blame republicans for their unwillingness to give up their demands to negotiate obama care as part of reopening the government and negotiating spending cuts. that's the only deal. >> bill: what do you think though, cammeron? look, they both say the other won't negotiate. i mean, -- >> -- dead in the water. nothing happened today. and we are no close tore reopening the government. it's not going to happen this week. it may spill into next week. then we are beginning to push that middle of the month october 17th deadline. republicans think that is going to create some sort of pressure that will inspire democrats to compromise. democrats, the president, and the democratic leadership and the rank and file say for a month they are not going to negotiate period. clearly democrats got republicans cornered and not likely to give them any sort of mercy by offering a compromise. >> bill:
democrats said we are not going to negotiate on that. nancy pelosi and harry reid came out a few minutes later and all too happy to take questions and linger and blame republicans for their unwillingness to give up their demands to negotiate obama care as part of reopening the government and negotiating spending cuts. that's the only deal. >> bill: what do you think though, cammeron? look, they both say the other won't negotiate. i mean, -- >> -- dead in the water. nothing happened...
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ceiling deal with president obama? nick gallespie says the gop should play dirty as possible and he joins me now. nick, it's good to see you and your jacket. what do you mean by playing dirty? >> what i mean is that obama has been obsessed about talking about cleanliness when it comes to a debt bill, it has to be a clean bill, no strings attached. and he's like lady mcbeth or something, he's obsessed with getting things clean. but, in fact, we want a dirty bill here because the whole point of the debt limit is that it says you cannot borrow more than this. any increase in the debt limit, i think, should be tied to immediate and ongoing cuts in how much we spend going forward. >> how dirty should this be be? >> as dirty as you want it. >> yes. >> no, it should be -- i think that the best way forward would be to say, okay, we're going to give you a couple weeks for the people in congress to get together with the president. we'll raise the debt limit for that. and then we say, okay, in a year's time, we're coming back and
ceiling deal with president obama? nick gallespie says the gop should play dirty as possible and he joins me now. nick, it's good to see you and your jacket. what do you mean by playing dirty? >> what i mean is that obama has been obsessed about talking about cleanliness when it comes to a debt bill, it has to be a clean bill, no strings attached. and he's like lady mcbeth or something, he's obsessed with getting things clean. but, in fact, we want a dirty bill here because the whole...
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. >>> are we any closer tonight to a solution to the government shutdown or the debt ceiling standoff? and the real definition of default. this is special report. good evening. i there is plenty of talking at each other as we begin a second week of partial government shutdown. democrats are insisting on a no strings attached budget. republicans want concessions. neither side is giving an inch as we head to a bigge
. >>> are we any closer tonight to a solution to the government shutdown or the debt ceiling standoff? and the real definition of default. this is special report. good evening. i there is plenty of talking at each other as we begin a second week of partial government shutdown. democrats are insisting on a no strings attached budget. republicans want concessions. neither side is giving an inch as we head to a bigge
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the house republicans are meeting in southern virginia to talk about the road ahead on the debt ceiling and other issues, brit hume has analysis. everybody talked about it today where you work. outrageous hoax involving a superstar. college football player and dead girlfriend who never existed. tonight there is new info. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: keep going. very good. i would love all of nashville to come after you today. earlier this week we discussed boy suspended from school, he was six years old because he made a gesture of a gun and said, "pow." he got suspended. this is not isolated case. this happened in maryland with two boys playing cops and robbers. they got suspended. the other parents at the school didn't think it was too great an idea. listen to them. >> suspending them is harsh. i don't think it will do any good for the parents, child or the school. >> people trying to make example of things they shouldn't. blowing things out of proportion. they have gotten strict and overboard on things. i definitely
the house republicans are meeting in southern virginia to talk about the road ahead on the debt ceiling and other issues, brit hume has analysis. everybody talked about it today where you work. outrageous hoax involving a superstar. college football player and dead girlfriend who never existed. tonight there is new info. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: keep going. very good. i would love all of nashville...
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and this president was always going to fall back on whether it was the government shutdown, debt ceiling crises, if it's one thing he's had over the republicans, people maybe didn't like his policies, but they still liked him personally. they still trusted him. that's obviously one reason why he won re-election last year. now they're losing trust in him over health care. that is the most dangerous part i think for him right now. >> ed, it's dana. you just mentioned they think they can roll out obama care fully. given various divisions, what do they mean by "fully"? and when they miss that november 30th deadline, do you expect maybe the friday after thanksgiving saying they're pushing this along till spring? >> reporter: i think you're right. this administration and other administrations, you may have had a couple of those. >> i had a good one. on a friday after thanksgiving one time. it was a beautiful thing. >> reporter: well, look. here's the bottom line. i think, again, i don't want to rely too much on the polls. when you look at the cbs poll, what is it, 43% say repeal the thing outr
and this president was always going to fall back on whether it was the government shutdown, debt ceiling crises, if it's one thing he's had over the republicans, people maybe didn't like his policies, but they still liked him personally. they still trusted him. that's obviously one reason why he won re-election last year. now they're losing trust in him over health care. that is the most dangerous part i think for him right now. >> ed, it's dana. you just mentioned they think they can...
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the vote in the senate is just minutes away, but what does this all mean to the debt ceiling? furloughed government workers and the political fallout on both sides of the aisle? this is special report. good evening. i'm bret baier, democrats and republicans fighting for weeks for a way to avoid what the treasury department warned would be a possible federal default and to reopen the government. they did not wait until the last minute to make a deal. there were actually a few hours left in the last day when hands were finally shaken. as you look live at the senate, in the ne
the vote in the senate is just minutes away, but what does this all mean to the debt ceiling? furloughed government workers and the political fallout on both sides of the aisle? this is special report. good evening. i'm bret baier, democrats and republicans fighting for weeks for a way to avoid what the treasury department warned would be a possible federal default and to reopen the government. they did not wait until the last minute to make a deal. there were actually a few hours left in the...
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the debt ceiling is a serious, serious issue. >> it is serious. >> people will dump bonds. there's a lot involved. >> again, no. >> you say no. >> it's all the fearmongering going on. >> well, it's coming out of "wall street journawall street. they're the ones saying it. >> i think in the end -- >> they don't think it. nicole was reporting live from the street and they said they don't believe it's going to happen. i'll going to play a sound bite, cruz reacting to the president. >> the good news is the process isn't other. it's going to go back to the house of representatives. i salute the house for having the courage to stand up and fight and defund obama care and i remain confident, hopeful and optimistic the house will stand their ground, will continue the fight. which means this issue will come back to the senate. after the house stands their ground yet again, we will have an opportunity for republicans to come home. >> katie, i don't want to speak for cruz but it sounds like he likes greg's analogy of fat elvis on the toilet ready to o.d. >> we're at this position right
the debt ceiling is a serious, serious issue. >> it is serious. >> people will dump bonds. there's a lot involved. >> again, no. >> you say no. >> it's all the fearmongering going on. >> well, it's coming out of "wall street journawall street. they're the ones saying it. >> i think in the end -- >> they don't think it. nicole was reporting live from the street and they said they don't believe it's going to happen. i'll going to play a sound...
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this president was always going to fall back on, whether it was the government shutdown, or the debt ceiling crises, we've had a couple of those, one thing he had over the republicans is that people maybe didn't like his policies, but they still liked him personally. they still trusted him. that's obviously one reason why he won re-election last year. now they're losing trust in him over health care. that is the most dangerous part for him, i think, right now. >> ed, it's dana. so you just mentioned that they think they can roll out obama care fully. but given the various definitions, what do they mean by fully? what does that look like? and when they miss that november 30th deadline, as they have hinted that they will, do you expect some sort of friday night news, maybe the friday after thanksgiving, saying they're pushing this along to the spring? >> well, we'll see. i think you're right, there have been plenty of news dumps on friday nights. this administration and other administrations before. you may have had a couple of those. >> i had a good one on a friday after thanksgiving
this president was always going to fall back on, whether it was the government shutdown, or the debt ceiling crises, we've had a couple of those, one thing he had over the republicans is that people maybe didn't like his policies, but they still liked him personally. they still trusted him. that's obviously one reason why he won re-election last year. now they're losing trust in him over health care. that is the most dangerous part for him, i think, right now. >> ed, it's dana. so you...